i love this movie so much
watch her short film, LE CHAMBRE (1972). one of the greatest things iâve ever seen.
May 21, 2025
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one of the best films ever!! presents the invisible labour of women in a patriarchal society in such a great way.
Jan 31, 2024
Recently rewatched this movie and fell in love with it all over again. It's a slow paced movie by the director Chantal Akerman that. The movie follows MichĂšle, the protagonist, through her day and like the title says, paints a picture of a young girl at the end of the 60s in Brussels.
I guess my takeaway from the movie is that love can present itself in different forms and there are no right or wrong ways in going about that and exploring the different ways to love. This movie leaves me with a deep love for life, even though I'm not quite sure wether that's what the film is trying to provoke or if it's just because every time I hear the song Suzanne by Leonard Cohen I'm high on it for days, which kind of leads me to my last remark: The use of music in this movie is absolutely fantastic and feels like a delicately placed punch in the stomach.
It's on youtube for free (see the link) and only an hour long!
P.S.: This is my first post, I don't even know if this is the right way to use this website???
Apr 15, 2024
Iâm admittedly not well versed in Akermanâs work, though I did manage to duck into a Metrograph screening of âNews From Homeâ sometime during the eight months I lived in NYC. I was really taken with this one, though, newly released in a 4K restoration as part of a retrospective Criterion Collection box set.
Aurore ClĂ©ment (who I primarily associate with the twenty minutes of Paris, Texas that I can usually make it through before falling asleep) gives such a restrained, natural performance in the titular role. Akermanâs shot compositions are so extremely static that they truly give the feeling of being a wordless observer of the scenes sheâs directing ClĂ©ment through. Iâm sure there are many great essays on how Akerman leverages voyeurism, and I look forward to doing some deep diving here.
Jan 24, 2024
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like sunday morning stored onto a cd.
other honorable mentions: âantisocialitesâ by alvvays, âis this it?â by the strokes and âtapestryâ by carole king.
May 1, 2025
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please never change that.
Feb 24, 2025